[gpt5]

Eventually the cost to develop app and games could drop so low that we will need to shift our mental model in how we discover and use apps.

For example, TikTok revolutionized short form videos by introduced a UI where users can explore a lot more videos more quickly, and the cost of showing a bad video is significantly lower (then clicking on a long YouTube video). This eventually led to algorithmically led discovery and content that was created for that format.

You could easily imagine a TikTok for games, where you can instantly scroll between and start playing games with no installation or frictions. Over time games themselves would be designed for that format, hooking you up from the first second (like a TikTok video).

This would obviously change apps and games fundumenltally, just like TikTok did for videos.

[prerok]

There are already more games being released daily than is possible to curate and select what you want to play.

Though I agree with you that what you describe will likely happen, I think that is not the future I will enjoy.

[BoorishBears]

Lots of people have tried this and most recently TikTok is trying to become TikTok for games by showing 0 install games in the feed

[aytigra]

Many game ads on ios are already playable, I guess we're just one step away from what you describe.

[certyfreak]

same for android